Thursday, May 31, 2012

Depending on whom you ask, the Obama administration has either
executed hundreds of civilians abroad with poorly planned drone strikes
or none at all. A new report, however, finally offers insight into those
conflicting conclusions.

A New York Times article published on Tuesday unearths a lot of
information about the White House’s largely secretive drone program:
despite being a hallmark of the presidency of Barack Obama, authorities
working under the commander-in-chief — as well as Obama himself — are
for the most part mum when questions arise about the administration’s
ongoing air strikes by way of unmanned robotic aircraft. In particular,
the question of civilian casualties and the death toll of innocent
Afghans and Pakistanis who have lost their life at the hands of
Washington’s war machine are often left unanswered or, even worse,
addressed differently. According to the Times’ latest write-up, though,
the Obama administration has some scandalous opinions on who can and
can’t be killed by its murder program..... MORE